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Newcastle, UK - A host of Olympians will be welcomed to Gateshead for the Aviva British Grand Prix - a Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008 - on Sunday (31 Aug) including home favourite, Christine Ohuruogu,
Jamaican Olympic 100m champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser, and Ethiopian
distance star Tirunesh Dibaba as well as World champion, Tyson Gay and
former 100m World record holder, Asafa Powell.
The men’s 100m is headed by Powell, backed up by his colleague on the victorious Beijing sprint relay quartet, Nesta Carter.
Pitting
themselves against the all-conquering Jamaicans are the British duo of
Olympic semi-finalist, Tyrone Edgar and Craig Pickering.
Beijing finalist, Marc Burns from Trinidad completes the line-up accompanied by 2003 World champion, Kim Collins (SKN).
The women’s short sprint features the Beijing gold and silver
medallists, Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser and Sherone Simpson as well as
European champion, Kim Gevaert (BEL) and former World champion, Lauryn
Williams (USA).
Jeannette Kwakye, World indoor silver and first British Olympic 100m
finalist for 24 years, once again measures herself against the
Jamaicans together with British record holder, Montell Douglas.
American Tyson Gay will be the man to beat in the... Read More
